{"id":3266,"date":"2023-06-03T21:30:36","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T21:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/?page_id=3266"},"modified":"2025-06-03T20:28:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T20:28:29","slug":"ozaki-procedure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/ozaki-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"Ozaki Procedure: New Research for Aortic Valve Patients"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Patients diagnosed with aortic valve disease have different treatment options to consider.\u00a0 While many patients are familiar with aortic valve replacement, aortic valve repair and the Ross Procedure, there is a lesser-known technique called the Ozaki Procedure that is getting more attention within our community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3289\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/..\/Images\/paige-bicupisd-aortic-valve-patient.jpg\" alt=\"Bicuspid Aortic Valve &amp; Aneurysm Patient\" width=\"300\" height=\"308\" \/><br \/>\nPaige Hahn (Aortic Valve Patient)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For example, I just received a question from Paige Hahn about the Ozaki Procedure.\u00a0 Paige asks, \u201cHi, Adam. I\u2019m 29-years-old and I have a bicuspid aortic valve. I also have an aneurysm. I&#8217;m thinking about starting a family in the next few years. After meeting with three different cardiac surgeons, I was offered a newer technique as an alternative to a tissue or mechanical valve. That technique is the Ozaki Procedure. What is the latest update about this procedure?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To answer Paige&#8217;s question, I was fortunate to interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Douglas-Johnston-Chicago-Illinois.php\">Dr. Doug Johnston<\/a>, the Chief of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois.\u00a0 As you may know, Dr. Johnston is an aortic valve specialist who has successfully treated many patients in our community.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/poE7vnAF64Q?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Key Learnings About the Ozaki Procedure<\/h2>\n<p>Here are important findings about the Ozaki Procedure from Dr. Johnston:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Ozaki procedure is a unique aortic valve procedure that uses the patient&#8217;s own pericardium to recreate the patient&#8217;s defective valve. During the Ozaki Procedure, also known as AVNeo (Aortic Valve Neocuspidization), replacement leaflets are made from the patient&#8217;s pericardium and then sewn back into the aortic valve.\u00a0 Developed by Dr. Shigeyuki Ozaki in 2011, a key advantage of the Ozaki Procedure is that the patient gets to keep his or her own tissue in the aortic valve position &#8212; with no foreign material implanted (e.g. mechanical valve or bioprosthetic tissue valve).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3264 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/..\/Images\/ozaki-procedure-aortic-valve-surgery.jpg\" alt=\"Ozaki Procedure\" width=\"650\" height=\"364\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New research was recently published comparing patient outcomes of the Ozaki Procedure to aortic valve replacement using cow (bovine) bioprosthetic tissue valves.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;What we found is that the Ozaki operation tends to narrow less,&#8221; states Dr. Johnston. &#8220;But, there was an increased rate of valve leakage in the first few years after surgery, not dramatic, but something that we want to be thoughtful about.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/profileImages\/301_129_151.jpg\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Douglas-Johnston-Chicago-Illinois.php\">Dr. Doug Johnston<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When selecting an aortic valve procedure, it is critical that the patient&#8217;s anatomy be considered.\u00a0 For example, Paige has an aneurysm. Doctor Johnston states, &#8220;For somebody with an aneurysm, like Paige, we want to be very thoughtful about the choice of procedure. And, whether the aneurysm is big enough that it may alter the impact of a certain choice.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Another big consideration for women, when selecting an aortic valve procedure, is whether-or-not they are thinking about getting pregnant in the future.\u00a0 Dr. Johnston states, &#8220;Mechanical valve is out since you want to have kids. You still have really good choices. We want to be thoughtful about a tissue valve, a Ross procedure or the Ozaki \/ AVNeo Procedure.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Many Thanks Dr. Johnston &amp; Northwestern Medicine<\/h2>\n<p>Many thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Douglas-Johnston-Chicago-Illinois.php\">Dr. Johnston<\/a> for taking the time to educate our patient community about the Ozaki \/ AVNeo Procedure. We also want to thank the entire Northwestern Medicine team for taking such great care of patients from the HeartValveSurgery.com community!<\/p>\n<p>Related Links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/heart-surgery-blog\/2023\/06\/21\/ozaki-procedure-patient-success-story\/\">Amazing Ozaki Procedure Patient Success Story of Ray Poole<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/amiodarone-atrial-fibrillation-afib\/\">Surgeon Q&amp;A: Amiodarone for Atrial Fibrillation After Heart Surgery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/surgeons\/dr-Douglas-Johnston-Chicago-Illinois.php\">See Dr. Johnston\u2019s Interactive Surgeon Profile<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/hospital\/northwestern-memorial-valve-program\">Explore the Northwestern Medicine Heart Valve Microsite<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Keep on tickin!<br \/>\nAdam<\/p>\n<p>P.S. For the deaf and hard of hearing members of our community, I have provided a written transcript of my interview with Dr. Johnston below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"cms.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"class_list":["post-3266","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-aortic-valve-repair"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3266"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5866,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3266\/revisions\/5866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.heart-valve-surgery.com\/learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}